Directed by
Steve Patry
Language
French
Produced by
Steve Patry
85 min, Documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2014
Every month in Quebec, hundreds of detainees gain their freedom after serving their sentences. What happens to these detainees once released? And what freedom do they find on the other side of the bars?
Synopsis
From prisons to prisons documents the life of different ex-cons who are trying to reintegrate society. From the small recidivist thief, to the drug dealer, to the person who committed homicide, this documentary provides an opportunity for different ex-cons to speak about their precarious day-to-day, their uncertain future and troubled past. Straight forward, without artifice, complacency or voyeurism, the film reflects this fragile moment when the hope of a new beginning can turn to the best or the worst.
Credits
Direction : Steve Patry
Script : Steve Patry and Santiago Bertolino
Direction of photography : Steve Patry
Editing : Diego Briceno
Sound Design : René Portillo
Music : Serge Nakauchi Pelletier
Sound : Nicolas Goyette
Sound Mixing : Serge Boivin
Production : Steve Patry (Les films de l’autre)
Financial Partners
SODEC
Conseil des Arts et des lettres du Québec
PRIM
Steve Patry
Steve Patry is a documentary director whose works have a deep social aim. His first feature, From Prisons to Prisons (2014), documents the life of different ex-cons who are trying to reintegrate society. The film received a special mention from the jury at RIDM and a Jutra Award nomination for Best Documentary. Waseskun (2016), which portrays the daily life of an alternative house for Aboriginal men, was nominated for Best Feature Length Documentary at the Canadian Screen Awards. I Might Be Dead By Tomorrow (2020), which sheds light on Montreal front-line workers working hard to provide appropriate care to the most vulnerable citizens in our society, received a nomination at the Gala Québec Cinéma for Best Documentary Film. These Wild Cats is his fourth feature film.
Filmography
THESE WILD CATS, 77 min, Documentary, 2024
I MIGHT BE DEAD BY TOMORROW, 75 min, Documentary, 2020
WASESKUN, 81 min, Documentary, 2016
FROM PRISONS TO PRISONS, 85 min, Documentary, 2014